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Irish social enterprise Camara appeals to companies to donate monitors 27 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
Camara Education, the Dublin-headquartered social enterprise that refurbishes computers for disadvantaged schools in Ireland, East Africa and the Caribbean, is calling on organisations to get cracking...
The TV nation – 40pc of Irish TV viewers engage with social media during shows 27 Aug 2013 | 04:53 pm
Four in 10 Irish TV viewers interact with social media while watching TV, a new survey by Panasonic on the viewing habits of the Irish nation reveals. Ten per cent of TV viewers say they find social m...
Facebook reveals new shared photo albums feature 27 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Facebook last night announced a new Shared Albums feature that allows multiple users to upload images to the same album – with as many as 50 people who can each share up to 200 photos. According to ...
Nomaphobia – the fear and anxiety of being without your mobile phone 27 Aug 2013 | 03:43 pm
Half of the world’s mobile phone users suffer from ‘nomaphobia’ – the fear of being without their phone or not having coverage. A study by email security provider AppRiver found that more than 54pc o...
Nomophobia – the fear and anxiety of being without your mobile phone 27 Aug 2013 | 03:43 pm
Half of the world’s mobile phone users suffer from ‘nomophobia’ – the fear of being without their phone or not having coverage. A study by email security provider AppRiver found that more than 54pc o...
Dublin Airport has more Twitter followers than Amsterdam Schipol or Paris Charles de Gaulle 27 Aug 2013 | 03:16 pm
Dublin Airport today celebrated 40,000 Twitter followers and claimed it now has a larger Twitter following than major hubs such as Amsterdam Schipol, Paris Charles de Gaulle or Frankfurt Airport. Acc...
Use of social media in the workplace treads a fine line 27 Aug 2013 | 02:25 pm
For Dr Andrew Power, an Irish cybercrime and cyberpsychology expert, social networking sites are akin to market squares whereby people can come together in real-time online to exchange views, gossip, ...
Vodafone’s Group Hug offers free texts to find friends at Electric Picnic 27 Aug 2013 | 02:04 pm
Any seasoned festival-goer knows how tricky it can be to meet up with lost friends at these events, a problem further complicated by phones that are easily lost and smartphones that quickly run out of...
Apple reportedly gearing up to unleash iPhone trade-in programme this September 27 Aug 2013 | 12:49 pm
If you’re an iPhone owner, from this September you might be able to sashay into some Apple stores in the US to trade in your iPhone and upgrade to a newer model – perhaps the rumoured high-end iPhone ...
People will want to know: will the PSBC be a TV licence fee or an internet tax? 27 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am
Ireland’s Department of Communications has opened a public consultation into the new universal Public Service Broadcasting Charge (PSBC) that will replace the TV licence. A key issue to be addressed w...
